invitato

guest; invitee

noun een-vee-TAH-toh Rare

Usage Note

Invitato (fem. invitata) is both the noun (a guest/invitee) and the past participle of invitare (to invite). As a noun, gli invitati typically refers to the guests at a social event. Note the double function: è stato invitato means 'he was invited' (passive past), while un invitato means 'a guest'. Context disambiguates. The plural gli invitati is regular.

Examples

"Gli invitati sono arrivati puntuali alla festa."

Natural Translation

The guests arrived punctually at the party.

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